Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:30:28 -0500 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: stan <stanb@panix.com>, Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh and X11 problem Message-ID: <1230748228.28408.7.camel@orion> In-Reply-To: <44sko4ql37.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com> <1230745308.28408.2.camel@orion> <20081231175429.GB22662@teddy.fas.com> <1230746298.28408.5.camel@orion> <44sko4ql37.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 13:02 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > No, Stan is right; an X server is only needed on the machine that > actually hosts the display. > > The xauth error message are indicating the problem, but I don't > know what they're telling us. The hostname should probably be > "localhost", and sshd_config is set up to do that by default. > Right. The host is hosting the display -- his Linux machine is the client *to* the Xserver. -- Glen Barber "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin
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